Claim at the MET gala: workers ask for their union to be recognized

Claim at the MET gala: workers ask for their union to be recognized

The personalities showed their extravagant clothes on the carpet of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and shone before the thousands of photographers who followed in their footsteps.

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But where everything seems to be happiness, it is not so much, since the workers who carried out the party denounce labor exploitation and want their union to be recognized by the bosses.

“The Met Gala shine comes from our sweat. We’ve been waiting for union recognition for over a month,” they manifested in a letter published on the social networks of the union “Condé Nast Publications”.

The workers noted that “behind the scenes, there are 100 Vogue workers who don’t get the pay they deserve, are undervalued and overworked.”

“We are assistants, producers, and “freelancers” who work tirelessly in the months leading up to the MET Gala handling a million details so that when the first Monday of May arrives, the night looks perfect,” they revealed.

“As the content creators behind Conde Nast, we demand to be recognized and protected as a workforce against racial injustice, abusive temporary work policies, and lack of transparency set forth by executive leadership. Our teams face constant cutbacks even as the workload increases.” of work, which generates unsustainable hours and burnout,” they requested.

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The workers “published” their own Vogue magazine to claim.

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